Praise and Prayer

Gateway Today
January 2023 . “..rejoicing in hope, persevering in
tribulation, devoted to prayer..” Romans 12:12
• Praise Him for the work done in 2022
• Pray for open hearts to trust Jesus in 2023
• Pray for those who trusted Christ in 2022 that they
may grow in their faith and be discipled
• Pray for our Mission England involvement
• Pray for our February training and our need for
Our Christmas ’22 Families! additional male and female volunteers. Call now
for details.
Thanks to five of our supporters, we were able to
• Pray for wisdom as we consider the future of our
provide gifts for three families who were
Elizabeth location (our lease expires in April)
Gateway clients in 2022. Here are two of their
stories. • Pray for the Heartbeat Zoom seminar April 26-28
in Louisville, Ky. (details to follow)
Christmas
Family Resolutions?
#1 Goals?
Judith and
Ricardo and We have both!
Looking to a year of spiritual and numerical
their
three children -
growth for His Glory!
already believers

John 11:25-26 "I am the resurrection and the life.

He who believes in me will live, even though he
dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will
never die. Do you believe this?"

If you believe this, won’t you join us as we reach

out with the gospel to the lost all around us.

(Left to right) Ezekiel born on December 2022; his brother
Jepherson, age 8; six-year old sister, Victoria who has
Cerebral Palsy. Dad, Ricardo and mom Judith with other
family members who received the donated gift card providing
for all these presents!
Christmas Family # 2
Maria* is 42 and from Mexico. She’s been in the
US for 17 years. She has four children. In October she
made an appointment for an abortion because the baby’s
father demanded this. When she arrived for the abortion,
she became scared and left. She found her way to
Gateway, where Tanya led her to Christ.
Since then, the baby’s father has had a change of heart
and they are expecting their child in mid-May, 2023. We
blessed the family with gifts (thanks to you) and pray that
the baby’s father also come to Christ.
 Former volunteer thanks
us for the opportunity
to serve Please pray for our Elizabeth
Continue to Pray
Client Service Director,
Jackie West, as she recovers
I started serving at Gateway 2 years ago. These two
for Mission England
from recent back surgery.
years have been amazing because the Lord has helped me to Please pray for wisdom,
‘And my God will supply every need
grow, to learn, to develop abilities, to listen to his voice and ofprotection andto boldness
yours according his riches in
guidance. glory in Christ Jesus.’ Phil. 4:19
www.cbruk.org/hopeforwomen
I was able to serve people by giving them resources,
counseling, by listening actively, by showing compassion
crying with those who cry and laughing and celebrating with ‘to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the
power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place
those who laugh and celebrate. I've learned to present the among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ Acts 26:18
gospel and to ministered and pray with broken woman, scared
woman, ashamed women, and seeing God's love and care for
them. Some fruit from 2022:
I have experienced God's love and mercy, patience and * 678 women and 47 men were seen
restoration in them and also in me, because God had been * 112 trusted Christ and another 26
revealed in the midst of our counseling appointments, and that have rededicated their lives to Christ
helped me to know and understand more of our God. Gateway * 132 plus babies are known to have been
is a place we're we can be God's hands and feet, and for sure born as a result of our ministry in 2022
he uses the Word that we store in our hearts to comfort others
and to be ministers of reconciliation. Svitlana, a
Gateway will always be in my heart, and I will always refugee from the
have in mind to come back and serve together with you guys. A Ukraine, feeds
year ago, I started a Jesus Cares ministry. It’s an evangelistic her daughter
ministry as well and now I am going to coach other coaches Victoria. Lana
online. listened to the
Speaking of her time at Gateway Silvana says that it’s
gospel and was
been ’a time of healing, a time to grow, and also to develop
skills to present the gospel and chat with people. Thank so
given gospel
much for the opportunity you gave me to serve in this ministry. literature to
Blessings’ Silvana Hernandez consider.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and

appointed you that you should go and bear fruit.
‘TRAIN’ John to serve
15:16 the Lord
‘Train’ for service @ Gateway